Development on the Calculation Software Package of the Contribution Rate of Mechanization in Agriculture

This paper introduces a software specially in calculating the contribution rate of machanization in agriculture by usng economy math method,computer technology and Visual Basic 6.0 version.The software package has friendly interface,simple operating way and accurate,feasible calculating method.It greatly changes the condition in the past which had considerable lots of data and miscellaneous and trivial methods,which were even hard to seek answer.So it has very high practicl value.

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Agricultural Mechanization Technologies by Women Farmers in the Karaga District of Ghana

Labour-saving or mechanization technologies have become the driving force behind modern agriculture, yet adoption of these technologies remains low in many parts of the developing world, particularly among female farmers in Ghana. This study aims to investigate the factors that hinder the adoption of agricultural mechanization technologies by female farmers in the Karaga District of the Northern Region of Ghana. This region is known for its large agricultural lands and significant role in commercial farming. The research was conducted using qualitative research methodology and involved interviewing 60 female farmers using an interview guide. The principle of sample saturation was used, meaning that further interviews were deemed unnecessary after the 60th interview. The results showed that low adoption of agricultural mechanization technologies is due to poor access to commercial lands, gender biases, lack of access to credit, and poor awareness about the benefits of these technologies. In conclusion, the low adoption of agricultural mechanization technologies is preventing women farmers in the Karaga District and elsewhere in Ghana from fully participating in commercial agricultural production. It is recommended that gender biases and cultural stereotypes be addressed to improve women farmers’ access to lands and credit, which will facilitate the adoption of mechanization technologies and lead to improved agricultural production.

Research of Primary Agricultural Mechanization in Developing Countries

For providing a correct and reasonable strategy to develop agricultural mechanization in developing countries, this paper took China as the representative to analyze the poor agricultural equipment service condition. It also put forward the ecology and social crisis brought out by the long-term and large-scale primary mechanization. According to the characteristics of national condition, this paper brought forward several certain policies and solutions, such as compelling to shorten the continuance cycle of traditional primary stage, seeking for new economic growth poles of high-added-value agricultural production by fully using the abundant labor force, etc. It is a feasible technical program to develop harmonious agricultural modernization in developing countries

High-tech Enterprise—Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences

Chinese Academy Of Agricultural MechanizationSciences(CAAMS)is the largest research organizationwith the strongest innovation ability engaged infundamental,application sciences with multiple disciplines,comprehensiveness and gives priority to R&D on modernagriculture equipment while facing the needs of agriculture,countryside and farmers.Since the establishment of CAAMS40 years ago,it coordinated the related Ministries andCommissions of our country to finish researching andmanufacturing over 3000 kinds of agricultural machineries of9 categories,gained more than 2000 scientific and

Applying Technique Assembly to Raise the Production Level of Mechanized Agriculture

On the basis of accomplishment obtained in the course of mechanized crop production owing to the progress of science and technology,the authors propose further in this paper the target and prineiples of technique assembly in agricultural production.A typical high yield model of technique assembly for soybean and wheat production is given as an example.

Spatial Spillover Effects of the Impact of Agricultural Mechanization on Carbon Emission Intensity in Agriculture:An Empirical Study Based on the Panel Data of 282 Cities

The extreme weather caused by the global warming effect has triggered huge losses to agricultural production.A hot issue for governments and scholars is how to effectively reduce carbon emission intensity in agriculture.The agricultural farming practices that are high pollution and high energy cosuming have exacerbated the vulnerability of regional agroecosystems.The sustainable development of agriculture is faced with the two dilemmas of a low utilization rate of green resources and the serious pollution of farmland.Further,environmental and ecological carrying capacities have reached theirlimits,seriouslyhinderingtthe high-quality development of low-carbon agriculture in China.Thus,based on the panel data of 282 cities,the Spatial Dubin Model(SDM)is employed to examine the impact of agricultural mechanization on carbon emission intensity in agriculture.It is found that from 1999 to 2019 carbon emission intensity in agriculture showed an overall downward trend;as of 2019,the agricultural field had completed the target of carbon emission reduction,,oneyear aheadof schedule.From a local perspective,approximately 14.89%6of fagricultural industries in prefecture-level city have still not achieved carbon emission reduction targets,and agricultural carbon emission reduction tasks were better completed in major grain-producing areas than in nonmajor grain-producing areas.Agricultural mechanization has significantly reduced carbonemission intensityyinlocal agriculture production.The impact of agricultural mechanizationoncarbon emission intensity in agriculture has not only a significant negative spatial spillover effect but also a significant effect on spatial carbon emission reduction.Compared with non-major ggrain-producingareas,agricultural mechanization plays a greater role in reducing spatial carbon emissions in major grain-producing areas.Further studies find that agricultural mechanization is conducive to overcome difficulties,such as instability of property rights and land fragmentation,and to achieve large-scale agricultural production,thereby reducing agricultural carbon emissions in nearby regions.However,the transfer of rurallabor,adjustments to the structure of agricultural cultivation,and the centralized use of rural land restrict the development of the crossregional service market for agricultural machinery,which in turn weaken its contribution to spatial carbon emission reduction.At the end of this paper,it is suggested that Chinese governments at all levels should introduce subsidy policies for the cross-regional operation of agricultural machinery to solve the problem of their service market failure.Efforts should be made to stimulate the market to develop more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly agricultural machinery products while strictly controlling changes in the use of arableland in non-grain-producing areas,which aims to serve further agricultural mechanization and boost the high-quality development of low-carbon agriculture.

China's Rural Industrialization and Agricultural Mechanization

Rural industrialization provides nonfarm employment opportunities and financial support for farmers and may be a non-negligible cause of agricultural mechanization in China.However,there is a lack of empirical studies on this topic due to challenges in obtaining data and identifying causal relationships.In this paper,we use multiple data sources and construct an instrumental variable based on the number of handicraft production cooperatives in 1957 to test empirically the causal effect of rural industrialization on agricultural mechanization.The results show that rural industrialization contributes significantly and robustly to agricultural mechanization.A 10 percent increase in the average number of industrial enterprises per township was associated with a 1.05 percent increase in the agricultural machinery power per unit area of arable land.Both the demand effect and income effect played crucial roles in the interaction between these two phenomena.

The Impact of Digital Financial Inclusion on Agricultural Mechanization:Evidence from 1,869 Counties in China

In light of China's generally backward agricultural mechanization levels,it becomes crucial to shore up this weak link with endogenous driving force.The digital financial inclusion offers a approach to addressing the challenges related to agricultural mechanization.This study,collecting data from 1,869 counties and using the Spatial Autoregressive Model with Spatial Autoregressive Disturbances(SARAR model),analyzes the equilibrium and disequilibrium effects of digital financial inclusion on agricultural mechanization,as well as the mechanisms through which digital financial inclusion operates.The findings indicate that both digital financial inclusion and agricultural mechanization exhibittspatialspillovereffects.The development of digital financial inclusion emerges as a significant driver for promoting agricultural mechanization.Furthermore,the impact of digital financial inclusion on agricultural mechanization varies based on the level of agricultural economic development,with counties characterized by less developed agriculture,plain topography,and strong agricultural sectors benefiting more from digital financial inclusion.Additionally,digital financial inclusionini directlyboosts agricultural mechanizationby increasing farmers income and encouraging investment in fixed assets.Therefore,it is crucial to harness the benefits brought by the development of digital financial inclusion while promoting agricultural mechanization,and regions should tailor their approaches to promote digital financial inclusion development according to their local conditions.

Mechanizing Zambia’s Agricultural Sector

In Africa, agriculture has been identi fled as a prior development area in the China Africa strategic partnership. In its unwavering pursuit to mechanize Africa＇s agriculture and find new markets for its own companies, China looked upon farming proficiency as one of its first exports to Zambia.

Model predictive control system based on direct yaw moment control for 4WID self-steering agriculture vehicle

A model predictive control(MPC)approach based on direct yaw moment control(DYC)was proposed to realize the self-steering drive for a newly autonomous four-wheel independent-drive(4WID)agricultural electric vehicle.The front axle and rear axle of the vehicle chassis could rotate simultaneously around their respective center points and cut the turning radius in half at most through specific mechanical chassis structure design and four-wheel electrical drive.It had great potential to reduce wheel traffic damage to field crops if two rear electrical drive wheels can be controlled to follow wheel tracks of two front wheels during self-steering operation.Therefore,firstly,a two-degree-freedom dynamics model presenting this agricultural electric vehicle was constructed.Then,an MPC controller combined with DYC was applied to arrange torques from four wheels to match desired turning angles,direct yaw moments and travel speeds.The simulation results existed small steady error of steering angles below 0.22%as they were set at 5°,followed with yaw moment under 0.17%and velocity less than 1%.Finally,according to experiment results,the vehicle successfully made a working turning radius of 9.1 m with maximum error of 0.55%when desired steering angles were 5°at the speed of 1 m/s and a minimum turning radius of 1.51 m with maximum error of 6.6%when steering angles were 30°at the speed of 0.5 m/s.It verified that the 4WID agricultural electric vehicle could drive autonomously and steady with small self-steering angle error under the proposed control system and has a feasibility to reduce wheel traffic damage during driving and operation.

Farmers'Exit from Land Operation in Rural China:Does the Price of Agricultural Mechanization Services Matter?

This study uses data covering 3,914 farm households,collected from Henan province in China,to investigate the links between the price of agricultural mechanization services and farmers'exit from land operation.The results indicate that the increasing price of agricultural mechanization services leads tofarmers leaving land operation,especially when the high sunk costs and the long-term breakeven period of self-owned machinery are considered.This effect is intensified by the rapid rural-urban migration in China.Further analysis reveals that the surge in service prices reduced land renting-in and encouraged non-grain production.Our analysis suggests that the agricultural mechanization service market in China tends to work against the survival of smallholder farmers.However,the price of agricultural mechanization services is conducive to eliminating less-productive farmers and cultivating new agricultural operators.

Current status,prospect and policy and institutional support for Conservation Agriculture in the Asia-Pacific region

The current growing demand for Conservation Agriculture(CA)at the national level in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region presents an opportunity to promote its widespread adoption and up-scaling through national policy and institutional support that appears necessary.Despite the obvious benefits of CA,it does not spread automatically unless the constraints that hinder adoption are understood and addressed in specific situations.These can include a combination of intellectual,social,financial,biophysical,technical,infrastructure constraints,or policy related support.Knowing what the bottlenecks are is important in developing strategies to overcome them.This paper presents:(a)some of the generic policy opportunities that exist for the adoption and uptake of CA;(b)a summary proceedings and outcome of the Regional Expert Consultation Workshop held in Beijing and sponsored by FAO Regional Office for Asia-Pacific which describes the status of CA in the Asia-Pacific region;(c)the challenges to CA adoption and uptake in the Asia-Pacific region;and(d)the conditions that need to be taken into account in designing and promoting policy and institutional support strategies for up-scaling CA.

Improved estimation model and empirical analysis of relationship between agricultural mechanization level and labor demand

The research on the relationship between mechanization level in planting industry and labor demand was carried out based on the present literatures.The former estimation model of labor demand in planting industry was established without analyzing the effects of planting structure on labor demand in planting industry.The purpose of the research is to develop and perfect the theory of estimating both labor demand and rural surplus labor in planting industry,then to provide some theoretical references for scientific estimation.The model established in this research can be used to calculate not only the amount of current labor demand,but also the demand in the various moment of future according to forecasted mechanization level and cultivated areas.Furthermore,it was explored how to obtain the indexes of cultivated areas,mechanization level and the average cultivated area that each labor can burden when the mechanization level is 0 and 100%.According to statistics principle,the methods of inspection to eliminate abnormal data and data processing were given in order to make the data more credible.Finally,an example was presented for demonstration purposes.

The Time Series Weight－changing Grey Incidence Analysis of the Development of Agricultural Mechanization in China

This paper studies quantitatively the intensity of influence and internal incident mechanism of the different influential factors on field crop cultivation mechanization by the method of Grey Incidence Analysis.Because of the need of the identification of the time series effect and the changing trend of each influential factor,the time series weight changing Grey incident model is put forward.On this basis,the paper discusses the situation and problems of the development of agricutural me chanization in China.

Research and optimization of the hand-over lifting mechanism of a sweet potato combine harvester based on EDEM

In order to meet the challenge of high loss rate and high tuber injury rate during the operation of the 4UZL-1 sweet potato combine harvester,the sweet potato tuber hand-over lifting mechanism was designed based on a comprehensive analysis of the entire structure of the harvester.Taking the average normal force on conveying sweet potato tubers as evaluation indexes,the EDEM simulation experiment was carried out considering the factors of the angle of the excavating and conveying mechanism,the conveying angle of the scraper chain,the speed of the excavating and conveying mechanism,and the speed of the scraper chain conveying.The experimental findings indicated that the optimal operational performance of the hand-over lifting mechanism was achieved at a speed of 1.15 m/s for the excavating and conveying mechanism,an angle of 24°for the excavating and conveying mechanism,a conveying speed of 0.66 m/s for the scraper chain,and a conveying angle of 60°for the scraper chain.Field experiments were conducted based on the EDEM simulation experiment,using the loss rate and the injury rate of conveying sweet potato tubers as evaluation indexes.The results showed that the hand-over lifting mechanism demonstrated optimal operational effectiveness with an excavating and conveying mechanism angle of 20°,a scraper chain angle of 68°,an excavating and conveying mechanism speed of 1.2 m/s,and a scraper chain speed of 0.66 m/s,while the machine running speed was maintained at 1 m/s.At the moment,the hand-over lifting structure exhibited a loss rate of 1.12%and a tuber injury rate of 0.94%.The conclusions obtained serve as a valuable reference for future research and optimization of sweet potato combines.

Propellants of mechanical pruning and plucking of tea (a case of developing countries)

Tea is one of the most widely consumed natural beverages in the world.High costs of tea pruning and plucking is among the main challenges of its production in Iran as a developing country.Therefore,the development of mechanical pruning and plucking of tea bushes is unavoidable to ensure its sustainable production.In this respect,the present study was carried out in Guilan Province as the leading tea producing region of Iran using Delphi technique in order to identify and analyze the driving factors of the development of tea pruning and plucking mechanization in Iran.After consultation with the academic faculty members in Guilan Province,to formthe research panel,30 experts of tea mechanization were identified and selected from the Tea Organization of Iran,Tea Research Center,and Agriculture Agencies of main tea producing regions of Guilan Province.The results revealed that“Publicizing the benefits of consumption of the domestic tea”,“supporting tea making industries to modernize their systems”,“Reduced prices of domestic and imported mechanical tea equipments by subsidy payment and reduction of tariffs on imports”,“quantitative and qualitative improvement of tea green leaves through applying new agronomic methods and modern irrigation systems”,and“Devoting special bank loans to execute tea mechanization plans”were the most important driving factors of the development of tea pruning and plucking mechanization in Guilan Province as agreed upon by 96.78,95.89,95,95,and 91.42%of panel members,respectively.Thus,recommendations were put forth to help the development of tea pruning and plucking mechanization in Guilan Province.

Goryachkin＇s agricultural mechanics

The paper contributes to the development of applied mechanics by establishing a new discipline, namely, agricultural mechanics by academician Vasilii Prohorovich Goryachkin （1868-1935） who was an apprentice of Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky and a graduate of the Moscow University （current known as Moscow State University） and the Imperial Higher Technical School.